Name: The Twisted Heart von Rebecca Gowers
SKU: 9781847671547
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The Twisted Heart Zusammenfassung

The Twisted Heart Rebecca Gowers

Kit, a work-obsessed literature student, decides on a whim to go to a dance class. And for a while it looks like Joe, the shadowy figure she meets there, may tempt her to put her books aside and live a little. But as Joe's world becomes increasingly threatening and Kit's research leads her to stumble on an extraordinary historical mystery, she is faced with a choice. Will she hide herself away in her studies or will she make the leap of faith that could change her existence forever? The Twisted Heart is both a hugely enjoyable novel about the challenges of love and a startling exploration of previously unrecognised links between the young Charles Dickens and the deranged murder of a prostitute known as The Countess. Brilliantly weaving these threads together, it confirms Gowers as one of the most exciting voices in Britain today.

The Twisted Heart Bewertungen

A literary jeu d'esprit in the style of Scarlett Thomas's The End of Mr Y . . . skittish, stream-of-consciousness prose, ultra-realistic dialogue and a genuinely puzzling historical murder mystery. Fresh and clever and very funny. -- Joe O'Connell * * Guardian * *
Gowers's writing is absolutely beautiful. * * The Times * *
Funny, tragic and inspiring. * * Daily Telegraph (on When to Walk) * *
Gowers is a genius. -- Scarlett Thomas
Witty, spiky, clever and psychologically acute. * * Independent on Sunday (on When to Walk) * *
The Twisted Heart is really a contemporary love story, and a very good one too . . . This is fine writing . . . [Gowers] is very good indeed on the little things that bring a fiction to life and make it ring true . . . Her novel is sharp, acute, comic and true to life; admirable and enjoyable. -- Allan Massie * * Scotsman * *
An enjoyable and gripping read. -- Jude Piesse * * Mslexia * *
An intriguing literary thriller. * * Easy Living * *
Rebecca Gowers is a dab hand at creating finely drawn characters so full of unease that their uncomfortable relationship with their surroundings manifests itself in physical symptoms . . . Gowers's deft, precise touch and ability to generate a sense of discomfiting ambiguity turn the linked stories into a dark delight of a novel. -- Tina Jackson * * Metro * *
Gowers is a very original author, and unravels this modern romance in cleverly non-linear style. -- Malcolm Jack * * List * *
A sweet and tender love story between an unlikely pair . . . At heart, it seems quaintly old-fashioned - but none the worse for that. * * Source * *

Über Rebecca Gowers

Rebecca Gowers is the author of The Swamp of Death (Hamish Hamilton), the true story of a fatal showdown between a late Victorian conman and a corrupt detective, shortlisted for the 2004 CWA non-fiction Golden Dagger Award, and of a debut novel, When to Walk (Canongate), longlisted for the Orange Prize, 2007.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001352739

ISBN 13

9781847671547

ISBN 10

1847671543

Titel

The Twisted Heart Rebecca Gowers

Autor

Rebecca Gowers

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

Canongate Books Ltd

Datum

20090416

Anzahl der Seiten

288

Preise

N/A

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